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[pjpro]

hey

i've been creating a hashtable for storing data on student names and exam marks. i'm trying to set up a couple of searches but i'm not sure i'm going along the right lines.
if anyone can give me a heads up on anything i need to change and also a good search technique it would be greatly appreciated.

import java.io.*;

import java.util.*;


	class HashTable {

		

		private Hashtable record;

		private BufferedReader input;

		private String name, mark;

		

  public static void main(String[] args)throws IOException  {

    HashTable myHash = new HashTable();


  }


  public HashTable()throws IOException{


    input = new BufferedReader( new InputStreamReader(System.in));

    record = new Hashtable();

   

    readItems();

    displayTable();

  }


  public void readItems() throws IOException{

	   

      System.out.println("Enter Student Names and Marks. \n   Enter Student Name, to finish type 'end': \n") ;

      name = input.readLine() ;

      System.out.println("Enter Student Exam Mark, to finish type 'end': \n") ;

      mark = input.readLine() ;

      while ( !name.equals("end")) {

		record.put(name, name);

    	record.put(name, mark);

        System.out.println("Enter Student Name, to finish type 'end': \n") ;

        name = input.readLine() ;

        System.out.println("Enter Student Exam Mark, to finish type 'end': \n") ;

        mark = input.readLine() ;

        }

      }

      


  public void displayTable() throws IOException{

    System.out.println("The Names and Marks are :  ");

    Enumeration enumName = record.keys();

    Enumeration enumMark = record.elements();

    while ( enumName.hasMoreElements() )

      System.out.println(enumName.nextElement()+ "  " + enumMark.nextElement());

      System.out.println();

      

      System.out.println("Enter Student Name to Search for Mark :  \n");

      name = input.readLine();

      System.out.println("The Students Mark is :  \n" + record.get(name) + "\n");

      


  }

  


}

i know some of the indentation is wrong but i'm more concerned about the understanding.

thanks in advance.